current projects
El Diván del Tamarit, an evening-length song cycle
in collaboration with James N. Kryshak, tenor
Incidental music for Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus
in collaboration with Nic Barilar, Leo Chavolla and UW-La Crosse Theatre Department
Cuatro poemas de Lucía Estrada, for soprano and cello
for Stephanie Lamprea and cellist
untitled piece for mezzo and string quartet
in discussion with Clara Osowski
…beneath so many lids: Five Fragments from Rilke
in collaboration with electronic composer Doug van Nort (York University, Toronto) and Sarah Brailey, soprano (New York, NY.)
chamber music
Radix, for saxophone sextet [2016]
Commissioned by Chris Creviston, director of the Arizona State Saxophone Studio, for the EOS Sextet. Premiere TBA.
edifis, a chamber concerto for bassoon and four strings [2012]
Consortium commission, organized by Marc Vallon, Professor of Bassoon, UW–Madison, includes faculty from University of Michigan, University of Iowa, University of Oklahoma, Texas Tech and Sacramento State. Premiered Fall of 2012 by Marc Vallon.
String Quartet No. 1: The “London” Quartet [2010]
tinnitus, for flute, violin, and viola [2006]
solo instrumental
Arqueología de la razón de los sueños: Homenaje a Federico Mompou [2014]
Commissioned by Pierre Arnaud Dablemont, piano, for the 2015 York Spring Festival for New Music. Premiered by James Iman on May 2016.
Songs of the Sephardim, cello solo [2009]
Commissioned by Jakub Omsky, premiered at the Polish Consulate’s Residence in New York, NY.
The Garden of Song, cello solo [2008]
Later incorporated into Songs of the Sephardim.
Kai-‘r / xhqt(i)s, for bassoon solo [2008]
Review: Double Reed, Vol. 32, No. 3 [2009] “If you are looking for a new challenge, you might want to tackle this composition.” Published by TrevCo Music.
Sonetos, for solo guitar [2007]
A diptych inspired by two sonnets by Neruda: “Es hoy: todo el ayer se fue cayendo”and “No te amo como si fueras.”
White Tea, for cello solo [2007]
Also available for violin solo.
Hammer, for marimba solo [2007]
pierce, for solo piccolo [2001]
Dance Variations on a Theme by Persichetti, for piano solo [1999]
vocal
An die Musik [Rilke], for mezzo and piano [2015]
Commissioned by Julia Bentley, Chicago, IL. Premiered at Roosevelt University, Chicago, IL.
Three Nordic Songs: “Min Själ,” “Oravan Pesa,” “Vem Kan Segla” [2013]
Published by Subito Music in Midnight Sun: an anthology of Nordic songs, Mimmi Fulmer, editor.
Ma Mignonne, voice and Pierrot ensemble [2010–11]
Jennifer Lien, soprano, and ensemble: Madison, WI.
un(bee)mo, for two sopranos, unaccompanied [2008]
Prayers and Meditations, for soprano, violin, and cello [2005]
Meditation 1/Prayer 1: “Sea mi gozo en el llanto…” text by Teresa de Jesús/Teresa of Avila
Meditation 2/Prayer 2: “O viridissima virga” text by Hildegard von Bingen
Meditation 3/Prayer 3: “Yaa Ilaahee, An-nujumu talma’u” interpretation of a text by Rabi'a al-Adawiyyah
Reference (Collection): on Books & Libraries, for soprano, flute, oboe, viola, and cello [2004]
Commissioned for the 50th Anniversary of Memorial Library, UW–Madison.
Lorca Songs, for soprano and cello [2002]
choral
Psalm 51, for unaccompanied choir [1997]
large ensemble
alchemy/transmutation/translation, for oboe and chamber orchestra [2018]
Commissioned by ensemblenewSRQ for Adam De Sorgo, soloist, and ensemblenewSRQ with George Nickson conducting, to be premiered April 2018 in Sarasota, FL.
…like a river, for handbell choir [2010]
Commissioned by the Bond Bell Ringers of the First United Methodist Church, Kenosha, Wisconsin, in honor of Carol Hodges, director. Premiered in 2010 in Kenosha.
An Overture to Music for Chameleons, for thirteen-piece chamber ensemble [2003]
Sketches for String Orchestra [2002]
Commissioned by Janet Jensen for the All University Strings.
Review: Jay Rath. “New Selections Highlight Show by University's String Orchestras,”Wisconsin State Journal, December 10, 2002. “It's an aggressive and even witty collection of miniatures, sometimes dissonant, sometimes lyrical, and always hugely inventive. There are staggered meters and silken elegies–a showcase for any orchestra.”
Night Haunts the (New) Day, for wind ensemble [2001]
arrangements and miscellany
Liszt's La lugubre gondola II [2015]
Arranged for violin, trumpet, trombone, cello and piano.
Ravel's Deux Melodies Hebraïques [2013]
Arranged for mezzo soprano and flute, oboe, clarinet, viola and cello.
"Piangete occhi dolente" from Cavalli's L'Egisto [2007]
A realization of the figured bass of Cavalli's aria Piangete occhi dolente for soprano and string quartet.
xqi , for fixed electronic media [2000]
Incidental Music for La Ronde, for fixed media [1999]
Recipient of a Certificate of Merit from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2000.